CHICAGO THE MUSICAL
The Pantages Theatre
May 15-27, 2012

After her critically-acclaimed debut as Roxie Hart on Broadway and in London’s West End, Christie Brinkley, one of the world’s most successful supermodels, will make her highly-anticipated Broadway tour debut this spring as she reprises her killer role in the six-time Tony Award-winning musical smash hit CHICAGO, also starring John O’Hurley.

Catch her red-handed in one of Broadway’s most popular and thrilling musicals of all time! This tale of greed, murder, corruption and show biz is filled with hit songs such as “All That Jazz,” “Cell Block Tango” and “Razzle Dazzle.” CHICAGO features some of the most electrifying dancing seen on Broadway — and with a gorgeous ensemble, performing sizzling numbers choreographed in the style of Bob Fosse.
www.broadwayla.org

Concert

Gloria Trevi en Concierto

Como parte del programa de actividades de la segunda edición de La Feria del Libro en español de Los Angeles (Léa-LA) www.lea-la.com, proyecto que tiene como propósito la promoción de la lectura y el libro en español, se presentará Gloria Trevi en concierto el Viernes 11 de mayo a las 8pm en el Nokia Theatre de Los Angeles.
Boletos en Ticketmaster.

CDs

Laura Pausini – Inédito
Warner Music Latina

Luego de varios años de ausencia, Laura Pausini nos ofrece su onceavo disco Inédito, del cual se han desprendido sencillos como Inédito y Jamás Abandoné, a la vez que continúa en su “Inédito World Tour” por diferentes países de Europa y América. Pronto la tendremos presentándose en ciudades de los Estados Unidos.

Lila Downs – Pecados y Milagros
Sony Music Latin

Un disco cargado de originalidad y misticismo, inspirado en los cuadros votivos tradicionales de México, y en el pequeño hijo de la artista. Las canciones nuevas que integran el disco, encuentran su esencia en las razones que nos llevan a buscar artículos y símbolos para llenarnos de fuerza. Incluye temas como “Mezcalito”, “Tu Cárcel”, “Cucurrucucú Paloma”, “Misa Oaxaqueña”.

DVDs

Domain
Strand Releasing

Domain tells the story of 17-year-old Pierre who, on the threshold of adulthood, becomes obsessed with his aunt Nadia. A flamboyant mathematician whose intellect clashes with her alcoholism and fatalistic view of life, Nadia is on a path to self-destruction. As Pierre discovers his budding sexuality, he atempts to rescue his beloved aunt from herself.

Kawa
Wolfe Video

It is tradition that Kawariki become the leader of the family now that his father is retiring. A husband and father, he realizes that in order to lead with integrity, he must come out and be honest about his own life, even though it will test the boundaries of acceptance and unconditional love. Offering valuable insights into Maori traditions, family ideals and cultural values.

Billy Elliot The Musical
The Pantages Theatre – April 10 – May 13, 2012
Set in a small town, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class, discovering a surprising talent that inspires his family and his whole community and changes his life forever. Based on the international smash-hit film, Billy Elliot the Musical is brought to life by a phenomenal cast and the Tony Award-winning creative team – director Stephen Daldry, choreographer Peter Darling and writer Lee Hall – along with music legend Elton John, who has written what the New York Post calls “HIS BEST SCORE YET!” A big musical with an even bigger heart, Billy Elliot the Musical will enchant the dreamer in all of us. 
http://www.broadwayla.org/production/show.info.asp?ID=55

IRIS
At Kodak Theatre
Cirque du Soleil invites you to IRIS, a Journey Through the World of Cinema. This large-scale production – created exclusively for its permanent home at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles – offers a new take on the art of cinema as only Cirque du Soleil could imagine it. IRIS is an inventive spectacle that combines acrobatics, dance, projections and live music. It takes the audience on a mesmerizing journey that blurs boundaries between live performance and moving images. 72 performers, 200 costumes, 8,300 square feet of performance floor, 174 loudspeakers, 603 lighting features, 20 video projectors and 160,000 watts of sound.
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/iris/default.aspx

BOOKS

El Jardín Ecológico
Susaeta Publishing, Inc.
Con un enfoque sobre unos aspectos específicos de la jardinería, desde el compost y la poda hasta la jardinería ecológica y sin agua, esta colección de guías de la horticultura incluye instrucciones prácticas para el mantenimiento de un jardín vibrante y excepcional. Las personas que tienen la habilidad para la jardinería pueden incorporar cada nuevo método en sus rutinas de jardinería, mientras que los nuevos entusiastas de jardinería encontrarán direcciones y sugerencias para la creación y el cuidado de un jardín.
www.ipgbook.com

Taco USA
Gustavo Arellano
Once upon a time, most Americans had never heard of a taco or a burrito. Today, salsa outsells ketchup and Taco Bell is one of the largest restaurant franchises in the world. In TACO USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (Scribner: on-sale April 10, 2012) Gustavo Arellano offers a comprehensive history of what just might be America’s most American cuisine: Mexican food. In TACO USA, he entertainingly explores all types of Mexican culinary history to trace its spread across the United States.
www.simonandschuster.com

The Big Penis Book 3D
Dian Hanson
In 3D every page becomes a pop-up! This 220-page, 28 by 28 cm special edition includes 96 images from the original book, plus 8 new bonus photos, transformed into eye-popping 3-D
Unlike other 3D pictures you may have seen, the photos in The Big Penis Book 3D do not look distorted when viewed without the glasses. The Brain Factory’s technique is so subtle it’s hard to even detect the red/blue tint in many of the black and white photos, but when you put on your glasses the parts of interest leap from the page, not in flat layers as in old-style 3D, but as thick, fully rounded, touchable contours.
www.taschen.com

Lucero – Mi Secreto de Amor
Siente Music
Nuevamente volvemos a oir a Lucero cantando canciones con Mariachi, para mi gusto las que le quedan mejor, en esta ocasión con este magnífico disco Mi Secreto de Amor, include temas como “Secreto de Amor” que hiciera famosa Joan Sebastian, “Si no te hubieras ido” del gran Marco Antonio Solis, “Te sigo Amando” y “Costumbres” de nuestro querido Juan Gabriel.

David Bisbal – Una Noche en el Teatro Real
Universal Music Latino

Grabado en directo en el teatro Real de Madrid el 1 de Noviembre de 2011. Disponible en formato CD + DVD, contiene los más grandes éxitos del inconfundible chico de los ricitos de oro en versión acústico, incluye “Lloraré las Penas”, “Ave María”, “Esclavo de sus Besos”, entre otros temas.

DVDs

The Skin I Live In
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ever since his life was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed three more things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig.

The Women On The 6th Floor
Strand Releasing
A stellar cast serves up this riotous upstairs/downstairs charming comedy set in Paris in 1960. Jean-Louis lives a bourgeois existence absorbed in his work, cohabitating peacefully with his neurotic socialife wife Suzanne while their children are away at boarding school. The couple’s world is turned upside-down when they hire a Spanish maid María.

Brazilian Carnaval Exotica
February 25
At Club Nokia/LA Live – 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
L.A.’s official, annual party tradition, Brazilian Carnaval is the closest you can get to the excitement and rhythms of Rio and Bahia in Los Angeles.This dance and music concert features the Los Angeles Samba School who will inaugurate Carnaval with a rambunctious parade, SambaDá and Chalo Eduardo’s All Star Band of highly acclaimed international musicians performing Carnaval hits, plus an all night pageant of elite SAMBA DANCERS and CAPOEIRA, the Afro Brazilian martial art dance. A ticket includes a 100 drummer participatory drum circle by Remo and a free drawing for a trip for two to Brazil.
www.BrazilianNites.com

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Febrero 11
At City National GROVE of Anaheim – 8:00 pm
Considerado como el mejor mariachi del mundo, El Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán realizará un concierto único en el City National Grove de Anaheim. Actualmente el Mariachi se compone de tres trompetas, un arpa, una vihuela, guitarra, guitarrón, cinco violines, aunado a un nuevo sonido el cual ha logrado atravesar fronteras internacionales. Para comprar boletos visita Ticket Master.
www.ticketmaster.com

Books

El Jardín Ecológico
Susaeta Publishing, Inc.
Con un enfoque sobre unos aspectos específicos de la jardinería, desde el compost y la poda hasta la jardinería ecológica y sin agua, esta colección de guías de la horticultura incluye instrucciones prácticas para el mantenimiento de un jardín vibrante y excepcional. Las personas que tienen la habilidad para la jardinería pueden incorporar cada nuevo método en sus rutinas de jardinería, mientras que los nuevos entusiastas de jardinería encontrarán direcciones y sugerencias para la creación y el cuidado de un jardín.
www.ipgbook.com

A Positive View of LGBTQ
Ellen D. B. Riggle and Sharon S. Rostosky
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Through personal stories from people with a variety of backgrounds and gender and sexual identities, readers will learn more about expressing gender and sexuality; creating strong and intimate relationships; exploring unique perspectives on empathy, compassion, and social justice; belonging to communities and acting as role models and mentors; and, enjoying the benefits of living an authentic life.
www.rowman.com

Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson
Grand Central Publishing Hardcover
A visual dialogue between Lady Gaga and Terry Richardson, showcases over 350 color and black and white photographs taken during the 10 month period in which Richardson followed Lady Gaga and had complete access to her everyday live, with nothing being off limits. Beginning with Lollapalooza in August 2010 to the February 2011 Grammy Awards which had 26.66 million viewers, to the final shows of her Monster Ball tour which averaged an attendance of 90,000 people each day, Richardson brilliantly captures the intimate, random, behind-the-scenes moments of Lady Gaga in both her professional and personal life.

The Beatles – Su historia en anécdotas
William Blair
Ediciones Robinbook
Un homenaje al legendario grupo de música The Beatles, esta retrospectiva examina los acontecimientos de su música y sus vidas. Desde cómo se reunieron hasta su separación y las muertes de algunos de los miembros, este libro examina lo peor y lo mejor de este grupo renombrado. Responde a preguntas como ¿Cuáles fueron los nombres del grupo antes de adoptar The Beatles? ¿A quién cantó Lennon sus primeras canciones de amor? Y ¿Qué pasó en el programa de Ed Sullivan? Este referencia absorbente incluye una gran cantidad de anécdotas y detalles, así como información sobre la última aparición de John Lennon en el escenario.

Don’t Let Me Go
J.H. Trumble
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Some people spend their whole lives looking for the right partner. Nate Schaper found his in high school. In the eight months since their cautious flirting became a real, honest, tell-the-parents relationship, Nate and Adam have been inseparable. Even when local kids take their homophobia to brutal levels, Nate is undaunted, He and Adam are rock solid. Two parts of a whole. But when Adam graduates and takes an Off-Broadway job in New York – at Nate’s insistence – that certainty begins to flicker. Nate starts a blog to vent his frustrations and becomes the center of a school controversy, drawing ire and support in equal amounts. But it is the attention of an underclassman who is looking for more than guidance that forces him to confront who and what he really wants.

Los mejores cuentos de los Mares del Sur
Jack London
Ediciones Robinbook / Navona Editorial
Una colección de narraciones de gran alcance por el famoso escritor Jack London, Los mejores cuentos de los Mares del Sur transporta al lector al paisaje tropical del Pacífico colonial de fines del siglo XIX. Los cuentos derivan su intensidad de las aventuras verídicas del mismo autor, quien intentó deshacerse de sus obsesiones desplazándose miles de millas hacia el sur y explorando un mundo nuevo y sorprendente.

DVDs

Over the Edge
TLA Releasing
Med-school dropout Jason is in a funk. Working as a photocopier repair-man he can’t bear the thought of leaving the house, let alone going to hid mundane job. As he becomes increasingly isolated, losing sense of time and perspective, he begins to have blackouts. Intriguingly, as the blackouts become more frequent so too do the discovery of murdered men and women all over town. Confused, he enlists the help of co-worker Richard – who also happens to be the object of his unvonsummated affection – aim to unravel these mysterious deaths.

CDs

Shakira – En Vivo Desde Paris
Sony Music Latin
Este especial en vivo que fue grabado en el Palais de Bercy, Paris, Francia, incluye éxitos mundiales como “Waka Waka (Esto es África),” “Hips Don’t Lie” y “Whenever, Wherever.” El tour mundial “Sale el Sol” que inició en el otoño del 2010 en Montreal, Canadá y concluyó en el otoño del 2011 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, incluyó 112 shows en 42 países y más de 100 ciudades alrededor del mundo, con una audiencia de más de dos millones de personas.

Adele – Live At The Royal Albert Hall
XL/Columbia Records
Recorded at the height of this amazing year, showcases exactly why Adele has become one of the most sought after live performers in the world. Featuring the full 90 minute performance. This is the first time fans will be able to hear all of Adele’s hits and best loved songs on one CD plus her stunning covers of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and The Steeldrivers’ “If It Hadn’t Been For Love”.

The Nutcracker
The Long Beach Ballet raises the bar with this year’s production of ‘The Nutcracker’, with presentations at the elegant Long Beach Terrace Theater, Saturday, Dec 17th and Sunday, Dec. 18th. Also with presentations at the historic Pasadena Civic Auditorium, from Dec. 21st to Dec. 23rd. For the first time in 15 years, Southern California will once again see and hear The Nutcracker exactly as Tchaikovsky wrote it – with angelic young voices blending harmoniously with full symphony orchestra! For more information visit www.longbeachballet.com/nutcracker.html

DVDs

Cowboys & Aliens
It’s 1873 when gunslinger Jake Lonergan awakens in the Arizona desert with no memory of his past and a mysterious metal shackle encircling his wrist. Stumbling into the nearby town of Absolution, Lonergan discovers a tightly closed community that takes its orders from the iron-fisted Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde – and Dolarhyde has a bone to pick with Lonergan. But the colonel’s influence wanes when the desolate city is attached by monsters that drop from the sky with blinding force and abduct the helpless townsfolk one by one. As Lonergan’s memory slowly returns, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force.

The Help
DreamWorkd Pictures
The Help es una historia inspiradora y valiente sobre un grupo de mujeres extraordinarias y muy distintas del Sur de Estados Unidos durante la década del ’60 que construyeron una poderosa y única amistad en torno a un proyecto secreto para escribir un libro; un proyecto que rompió con todas las reglas de la sociedad y las puso en riesgo.

Beginners
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who – following 44 years of marriage – came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor and hope that his father taught him.

Books

Las Profecías Mayas 2012
El mensaje y la visión del mundo
Autor: Gerald Benedict
El solsticio de invierno del 2012 señala el final de la Cuarta Era de 5.000 años del calendario maya, un tiempo que los mayas previeron como uno de cambio cataclísmico. Este estudio cautivador examina las creencias, la ciencia, los rituales y la cultura de los mayas y entonces hurga en 21 de sus profecías correspondientes al evento – profecías sobre la nueva ilustración, la sincronización galáctica y el regreso de un ser supremo. El resultado es una llamda de atención a la sociedad moderna sobre la necesidad sobre la necesidad para cambios fundamentales.

Una Antología Poética
Autor: Federico García Lorca
Prólogo: José Luis Piquero
Desde los versos líricos y los romances hasta los extractos de sus obras teatrales y piezas singulares, esta colección recoge la gran poesía de Federico García Lorca. Los temas que explora Lorca – principalmente el amor, el orgullo y la pasión – están presentados en su característico estilo de escribir: su capacidad de sugerencia, su inventiva metafórica, su hondura y su dedicación a las palabras en la página.

Gay In America
Author: Scott Pasfield
Welcome Books
In this first-ever photographic survey of gay men in America, stereotypes are laid to rest and an intimate, honest picture of contemporary gay life is revealed through stunning personal portraits and narratives. 

Photographer Scott Pasfield traveled 54,000 miles across all fifty states over a three-year span gathering stories and documenting the lives of 140 gay men from all walks of life. At turns joyful and somber, reflective and celebratory, each narrative and image is an enlightening look into the variety of gay life in the United States.

Body By Rey
Autor: Dr. Rey

El Dr. Rey es un cirujano plástico de Beverly Hills y en su libro comenta sobre cómo ponerse en forma y vivir una vida más saludable sin la necesidad de cirugía. Esto gracias a técnicas de ejercicio y desarrollando hábitos alimenticios apropiados, para lograr tener músculos bien tonificados en cuerpos saludables, sin necesidad de cirugía.

Arte. Toda la historia.
Autor: Stephen Farthing
Blume
Un recorrido verdaderamente comprensivo de la historia del arte a través del exámen de algunas de las imágenes más icónicas del mundo, esta referencia traza el desarrollo del arte período a período. Se exploran todos los géneros artísticos, desde la pintura y la escultura hasta el arte conceptual y el arte de performance, y líneas de tiempo acompañan a ilustraciones para proveer contexto histórico.

CDs

Il Volo – Il Volo Edición En Español
Universal Music Latino
Il Volo, el trio italiano de pop clásico continua conquistando al mundo con sus voces incomparables, su álbum debut homónimo en Español ya alcanzó disco de oro en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico. Asimismo, el álbum está nominado en las categorías de Mejor Nuevo Artista y Mejor Álbum Vocal Pop Dúo o Grupo en la décima segunda entrega de los premios Latin Grammy.

Gloria Estefan – Miss Little Havana
Crescent Moon Records/Verve Forecast
Estefan’s Miss Little Havana represents a musical and conceptual return to her Latin dance-floor roots. The first single, “WEPA,” which loosely translates into a “Wow” moment, is a propulsive combination of the classic Miami beat updated for modern times. Miss Little Havana combine the synthesized “808s and kicks” of today’s cutting-edge dance music with Latin percussion and horns recorded live.

Theatre

Come Fly Away
The Pantages Theatre
October 25 – November 6
COME FLY AWAY is the new Broadway musical that brings together the legendary vocals of FRANK SINATRA and the creative vision of TWYLA THARP (Movin’ Out). This one-of-a-kind experience combines the seductive vocals of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” with the sizzling sound of a live on-stage big band and the visceral thrill of Tharp’s choreography. As 14 of the world’s best dancers tell the story of four couples falling in and out of love, you will experience the exhilaration of a first kiss, the excitement of a first dance, and the bittersweet moments of a first good-bye in a world of sparkling romance and astonishing beauty. COME FLY AWAY features a host of beloved Sinatra classics, including “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way,” “New York, New York” and “Witchcraft.”
http://www.broadwayla.org

CD

Beatriz Luengo – Bela y sus moskitas muertas
Sony Music Latin
Beatriz es una de las artistas de más renombre y talento de Europa y su disco cuenta con la participación de Jesús Navarro, vocalista del grupo Reik; con Ziggy Marley y con Yotuel, ex integrante del conocido grupo Orishas. Como tú no hay 2, ya se escucha en la radio a nivel nacional y el video ya casi alcanza las 2 millones de visitas en YouTube.

DVDs

The One
TLA Releasing
Hunky Daniel couldn’t have it better – great parents, a successful career as an investment banker, and the beautiful Jen as his fiancée. A seemingly perfect life… but there is one temptation that may derail his best laid plans for the straight-and-narrow: he has a thing for Tommy, a charming former college classmate who is now openly gay.

Fiesta Mexicana IX
SAT September 24, 7 pm
Ford Amphitheatre
Presented by: Star Entertainment & Education Group, a Raul Ruiz Production
Viva Mexico! With a long tradition of honoring Los Angeles’ rich local musical heritage, Fiesta Mexicana continues to deliver an event that gets you moving in your seat and clapping to the beat.  A “variedad” (variety) concert, the show features the sensational Mariachi Monumental de America de Juan José Almaguer; the voices of Roberto Romo, Cindy Luna, Alex La Toree, Gabriel González, Michelle Márquez; recording artist Belinda Gómez; and the phenomenal Banda Futura.
http://www.fordtheatres.org/en/events/details/id/231

Book

Entre Él y Yo
Luis Carlos Barrera Peña
Francisco saca del anonimato a Lucas luego de escuchar su historia y nos cuenta del despertar gay del adolescente con un guatemalteco mucho mayor que él. La distancia, el oprobio familiar y la incertidumbre del futuro a los dieciséis años hacen a Lucas buscar el reemplazo de aquel amor lejano del que no logra desprenderse y, desilusionado, pierde la brújula de su vida en más de alguna ocasión en esa lucha incansable que le representará defender su naturaleza dentro de una sociedad abiertamente homofóbica pero es férreo en la faena que, se convence, vale la pena.
www.entreelyyo.com

DVD

Blackmail Boys
TLA Releasing
After moving to Chicago to attend art school, Sam begins to enter the world of prostitution to help pay the bills. His longtime, long-distance boyfriend Aaron can’t stand to be apart from him and joins Sam, determined to find enough work so that Sam can give up having to turn tricks for cash. When the two decide to get married and move to a state where it is legal, their financial worries become intensified until Aaron catches Sam with a prominent client, and everything takes a wicked turn for the worst.

María José en Concierto
The Conga Room – 25 de Agosto
Maria José se está preparando para una gira extensa que se iniciará el 25 de Agosto en Los Angeles, con un concierto en el famoso The Conga Room. Próximamente se anunciarán fechas en el resto de California, Texas, Chicago y más durante el otoño.
Los boletos para el concierto de María José en Los Angeles en The Conga Room el próximo 25 de agosto ya están a la venta en la página www.congaroom.com

Marco Antonio Solis en Concierto
Gibson Amphitheater – 27 de Agosto
La gira de conciertos Haciendo Historia está cargada de vibrantes momentos donde bailarines, mariachi y una producción de primer nivel complementan a la perfección el talento de este ícono de la música mexicana. Marco Antonio Solis está de gira por toda la nación al lado de Ana Grabriel, pero para esta fecha del 27 de agosto, Marco se presenta solo. Puedes comprar boletos en www.LiveNation.com

BOOKS

Curiosidades científicas modernas
Explorando inventos de hoy en día – incluyendo el microondas, el snowboard y el desodorante eoll-on – este libro relata la fascinante historia de las innovaciones que afectan la vida cotidiana. Contesta tales preguntas como ¿Qué se inventó antes: el fax o el teléfono? Este exámen emocionante provee información sorprendente y autorizada sobre los avances científicos, detallando cómo fueron inciados y cómo han evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo.
www.ipgbook.com

Games Frat Boys Play
Eight years at a Swiss boarding school have given Jordy Valentine an impressive education. But the things he really wants to learn – how to make friends and fiend love – have eluded him. At California State University-Polk, he’s hoping all that will change. From the start, Jordy is intrigued by Beta Kappa fraternity –especially by handsome rush chair Chad York. When Chad rejects him, Jordy starts working out and physically transforms himself. A new world of opportunity opens up- And in time, Jordy will have to decide what matters more –revenge, or the change of a real connection that satisfies in every way.
www.kensingtonbooks.com

Bad Seed
A duo of novellas that puts a wicked and delightful spin on what constitutes “bad sed” and shows how some people make being bad look so very good. This wildly entertaining book is sure to intrigue and titillate readers with its exploration of risqué themes. In the story, “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues,” a beautiful but damaged young man marries a wealthy older man simply for the money. “Crazy in Love” tells the story of a hyper-sexual seventeen-year-old high school boy who develops a fatalistic crush on his reclusive high school English teacher.
www.simonandschuster.com